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teaman · Desktop and Multimedia

Thanks to those who replied. I usually tried downloading using Video Downloadhelper in mp4 format as that was the one usually on offer, though quite often the audio file wasn't downloaded with the video file. I have always liked Video Downloadhelper but over the last year or so it has been a bit hit and miss.

I took GlenW's suggestion this evening and have been playing around in the terminal with the command youtube-dl followed by the URL, successfully managing to download the videos that I wanted (they downloaded as mp4 or mkv files) except for one on the Vimeo site, which downloaded the audio but not the video. However, I found the same clip on youtube and used youtube-dl successfully.

So youtube-dl was the answer to my problem.
Thanks again for good advice.

teaman · Desktop and Multimedia

reply to fsmithred
Yes, I use Video Downloadhelper but usually , with the video files I have wanted, there is no format choice, only a quality choice of big or small files. However, if I do see a download with format choices, I will try try each format to test it out.

teaman · Desktop and Multimedia

Having an interest in video clips, often about studio pottery, sometimes discussions on current topics, I like to download such short videos so that I can watch them without being online and to make sure I have a copy just in case they disappear from their various websites. For the last couple of years, the downloads have been unsuccessful, whether from small websites or from YouTube, as the videos play fine in VLC or MPV player but the audio does not work.

Maybe there is some kind of web audio codec which does not work when not online - I watch and listen to a video clip in Firefox without any problems, download it and there is no audio with the download. Has anyone experienced and overcome this problem?

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

A big thank you, Head_on_a_Stick. Problem solved and I have made a donation to Devuan.

When you wrote, "If that is the case and you can't see these entries when you start the machine then the Devuan system is not in "control" of GRUB, ", I logged into my MX operating system to update-grub and the command also updated my Devuan system. I had wrongly thought that the update-grub command was no longer in use but the problem was that I was trying to use it in the terminal of the operating system that did not control boot.

My system is working great again.

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

To Head_on_a_Stick

I have been looking at and trying your suggestions:

# /usr/sbin/update-grub

/usr/sbin/update-grub: 3: exec: grub-mkconfig: not found

and then:

# dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64

bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found

I have now checked /boot/grub/grub.cfg and it does not have the other entries except 4.19.0-16-amd64, however 4.19.0-10-amd64' is the one always loaded.
The others, noted below, are not shown in grub.cfg although they have been installed:

linux-image-4.19.0-11-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-12-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-13-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-14-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-17-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64
linux-image-amd64

If I could boot into 4.19.0-16-amd64 it would be a start ...

Your advice is to use the command 'set' but first I will have to research what the command actually is and how to use it.

# cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry 'Devuan GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class devuan --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.19.0-16-amd64-recovery-6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
else
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-16-amd64 root=UUID=6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-16-amd64
}
menuentry 'Devuan GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64' --class devuan --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.19.0-10-amd64-advanced-6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
else
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-10-amd64
}
menuentry 'Devuan GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class devuan --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.19.0-10-amd64-recovery-6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
else
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=6fa66213-220c-4c2e-9656-04163dae7831 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-10-amd64

Reading your reply again, I see that you write:
"If that is the case and you can't see these entries when you start the machine then the Devuan system is not in "control" of GRUB. "

This throws light on the matter - although I use Devuan as my main system, I am triple booting and occasionally use MX 19.4 patito feo (19.4 ) and Void.
MX 19.4 patito feo (19.4 ) is also Debian based and my boot control may be there. However, I believe that the command update-grub no longer works in any and every Debian system but I will boot into MX and give it a try.

Thanks for your detailed reply.

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

To dice
Thanks for your reply.
I reboot my system every night.

I cannot re-install grub because there is no command in my Devuan system to re-install grub:

# grub-install /dev/sda1 is "command not found."
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg is "command not found."

So is this problem only on my system? I thought it might be a common Devuan problem ...
Cheers

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

Greetings Devuan users

My Devuan system does not upgrade the kernel and on the command line 'upgrade-grub' is not recognised.
I presume that I cannot keep the same kernel forever without harming the system so can anyone advise on how to upgrade the Devuan kernel?

When I use 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' a new kernel is installed but as I cannot update grub-efi on my uefi system, the old kernel linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64 remains the one in use, although newer kernels are constantly being installed.

How do others here overcome the problem of update-grub not being recognised?

Today when I updated and upgraded, linux-image-4.19.0-17-amd64 was downloaded and installed but my system does not access it.
My system continues to use Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 which has been the kernel for a year or two.

At the moment, this inability to update is not causing any problems but it surely cannot go on forever. Any advice?

$ uname -sr
Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64

# dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}'

linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-11-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-12-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-13-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-14-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-16-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-17-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64
linux-image-amd64

When the new kernel linux-image-4.19.0-17-amd64 was downloading today, the verbose command line informed that it was being linked to linux-image-amd64 although as Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 remains the kernel in use, this linking does not seem helpful.

The obvious way is for me to remove all the kernels one by one except for the last two, but I am loathe to do this as I think that there may be a reason for Devuan sticking to the old kernel linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64. Forgive my ignorance for not taking this path as I was a bit worried about breaking my system and losing my files if I cannot boot into Devuan. In the old days, linux commands on the command line just used to work, Oh bring back update-grub!

Over the last year, whilst linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64 has been in use, I have removed several kernels prior to this using the purge command e.g. 'apt remove --purge linux-image-4.19.0-8-amd64' and could remove the current system kernel using that command. Would this be recommended?

Thanks in advance for any comments to explain this matter which is puzzling me.

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

Thank you MiyoLinux, msi and ivanovnehto for replying to my post.
It is good to know that there are people here to help others, and I've just made a small donation to Devuan, to also put my shoulder to the wheel.

OK, both basic puzzles have been solved.

(1) I changed my sources.list as you recommended to:

deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] ascii main
deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] ascii-security main
deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] ascii-updates main
deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/devuan[/url] ascii-proposed main
# deb [url]http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged[/url] ascii-backports main

With the backports commented out but there if ever I need it.

(2) and msi, re your last post on Monday 15:03:46 showing that the mate-power-manager, after being unavailable because of a bug, was now in the repos, I did a:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mate-power-manager

I then went to System/Preferences/Look and Feel/Screensaver and made sure the setting was: "Regard the computer as idle after 2 hours" and then to be on the safe side, I rebooted.

My monitor screen has now stopped going black every 10 minutes - to check, I have just had a one and a half hour film running in the background whilst I was away from the computer, and the screen did not black once.

So the those 2 puzzles were solved.

PS

I may be back in a couple of days to ask advice if I can't work things out for myself.
This year I have installed Linux Mint on a couple of neighbours' computers (as a good neighbour, without any fee but a cuppa and chocolate biscuit) and a few days ago I was approached by another neighbour asking if I could replace Windows 10 with something better on her laptop sometime next month. In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is King. I'm thinking of putting on Devuan - it is so stable that I don't think a beginner will break it, and it is tons better than Mint. However, I have 2 problems to sort out first - getting printers working properly and adjusting screen brightness (no problem in Devuan Jessie but not adjustable in Devuan 2 ascii). If these can be solved then I will feel confident enough to recommend Devuan to anybody and everybody. I'll do a bit of research first and come back here if I'm stuck.

Thanks again. Cheers.

teaman · Hardware & System Configuration

Hello everybody

Greetings.

I have installed Devuan ascii and am puzzled on 3 counts, 2 of them very basic so I will ask these 2 now to see if someone can clarify:

Puzzle (1) What is the correct sources.list?

My sources.list shows:

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii main
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-updates main
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-security main
deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-backports main

Is this correct?

If not, why did it install that way?

I read in the release notes at https://files.devuan.org/devuan_ascii/Release_notes.txt:

Starting from Devuan 2.0 ASCII, users should use exclusively
"deb.devuan.org" or ""{CC}.deb.devuan.org" in their 'sources.list'
file, e.g.:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-security main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-updates main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/devuan ascii-proposed main

So do I need to change my sources.list at this time and if so, what about backports?
I have no idea what thus ascii-proposed is ...

Puzzle(2) My screen keeps going black.

I have to repeatedly shake my mouse whilst I am watching a film, which is most distracting and irritating.

On Devuan Jessie with Mate desktop, I went to System/Preferences/Look and Feel/Screensaver and set: "Regard the computer as idle after 2 hours" and there was no problem.
Now on Devuan ascii with Mate desktop, this screensaver function does not work.

Is there a command-line remedy to stop the screen going black?

Thanks for all the great work done in making this such a stable system.

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